David Allen's Blog, page 30

Episode #82: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Laughter and Soap

At some point you just need to laugh, and you need to clean up.

The post Episode #82: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Laughter and Soap appeared first on Getting Things Done®.

Episode #81: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—What Are You Learning From This?

In these kinds of times, that's actually in retrospect when we find out we've learned how to grow. We've expanded. We've stretched ourselves. We've challenged ourselves, we've had to look at things from whole new perspectives.

The post Episode #81: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—What Are You Learning From This? appeared first on Getting Things Done®.

Episode #80: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—I Am Unreasonably Joyful

Give yourself permission, for at least a minute, to just pretend that there are all kinds of things to be joyful about. So, be unreasonably joyful.

The post Episode #80: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—I Am Unreasonably Joyful appeared first on Getting Things Done®.

Episode #79: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—The Two-minute Rule

Anything you can do in less than two minutes, if you need to do it at all then do it right then.

The post Episode #79: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—The Two-minute Rule appeared first on Getting Things Done®.

Episode #78: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Clean Up Your Computer

Clean up your computer, if you haven't done this already It's like when you get your car washed, or your motorcycle washed, it drives better. Well very much the same thing with your computer.

The post Episode #78: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Clean Up Your Computer appeared first on Getting Things Done®.

Episode #77: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Areas of Focus, Responsibility, and Interests

Revisit or create an overview of your Areas of Focus, Responsibility, and Interests. It's a different horizon of your commitments. You've got actions you need to take, and you've got projects you need to finish. But the reason you have actions, and projects is because they respond to or they relate to areas of focus and interests.

The post Episode #77: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Areas of Focus, Responsibility, and Interests appeared first on Getting Things Done®.

Episode #76: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Get Your Cockpit Under Control

Get your cockpit under control. When you sit down, you are ready to fly, you're ready to go. You don't have to rearrange anything in order to be able to do your best work.

The post Episode #76: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Get Your Cockpit Under Control appeared first on Getting Things Done®.

Episode #75: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—One Bad Apple Can Spoil the Barrel

There are times when one situation, project, or circumstance that's particularly important to you, you're not appropriately engaged with yet can color the whole rest of your life, and make it all feel grey, and solemn, and burdensome. Where as it's really just one situation that you need to get ahold of.

The post Episode #75: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—One Bad Apple Can Spoil the Barrel appeared first on Getting Things Done®.

Episode #74: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Renegotiate Your Commitments

Managing commitments is a whole lot of what the GTD is about to keep yourself clear, so that you don't feel like you're constantly having to do all of those.

The post Episode #74: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Renegotiate Your Commitments appeared first on Getting Things Done®.

Episode #73: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Catch Up Your Communications with People

Who do you owe a thank you to? Who do you owe a communication with to update them? All the best things in my life have actually come from relationships that I've had.

The post Episode #73: David Allen with a Two-minute Tip—Catch Up Your Communications with People appeared first on Getting Things Done®.